New York Farm Bureau offers scholarships

by jmaloni

Sat, Sep 22nd 2012 07:00 am

The
New York Farm Bureau is encouraging area high school seniors who have
been involved with agriculture and plan on continuing studies in this
field to apply for the New York Farm Bureau Agricultural Youth
Scholarship sponsored by the New York Farm Bureau Promotion and
Education Committee. Scholarship awards are $1,500 for first place,
$1,200 for second place and $1,000 for third place. The first-place
winner will be invited to present his essay at a New York Farm Bureau
spring event.

Students
applying must have a family Farm Bureau membership or a Student Farm
Bureau membership (a membership application may be included with
scholarship enclosures). Students are required to submit a brief
essay answering the question, "If you had the power to change
something in your community or on your farm, what would you change
and why?"

At
the district level, a personal interview and essay presentation may
be scheduled at the discretion of the district representative. The
county winner will be the applicant scoring the highest for each
county. The district winner will be overall highest county winner.
District winners will be notified on or before the district-judging
deadline of Jan. 18, 2013. The district winners will have an
opportunity to make minor changes (i.e. grammar, spelling, additional
awards, etc.) to their applications prior to the Feb. 1 final
deadline, at which time all applications must be into New York Farm
Bureau for the state judging. The state competition is based solely
upon the application and attachments.

County
Farm Bureaus are urged to utilize the talents of these young people
for county events such as Earth Day and Ag Day celebrations; special
events; county annual meetings; and rural urban dinners.

The
application submission deadline is Sunday, Nov. 18.

To
nominate someone for the scholarship or to request an application,
call 1-800-342-4143 or visit www.nyfb.org
and then scroll down to "Farm Essentials" for scholarship
information and the application.